Almost all households in the region (97.5 percent) have some cooking space within the premises of the housing unit. Ethnicity and languages The major ethnic groups in Upper East fall under the broad categories of Mole Dagbon (74.5%), Grusi (8.5%), Mande-Busanga (6.2%) and Gurma (3.2%). Basal sandstones underlie the South Central to South Eastern parts of the region. Builsa South district to the West, Bolgatanga community to the East and Burkina Faso to the North are part of the areas the community shares boundaries with. Last edited on 20 November 2022, at 19:40, http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php/governance/regional-ministers, "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab", "Upper East Region: Group pushes for sex education to reduce teenage pregnancies", "Festivals in the Upper East Region - Ghana Embassy Berlin", "Ghana Districts - A repository of all districts in the republic of Ghana", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upper_East_Region&oldid=1122941133, Bolgatanga International Craft and Arts Festival Organized by TradeAID Integrated*. Bolga market - a market for farmers and livestock, held twice weekly. Formal sector employees constitute 15.3 percent. The three major industrial activities are Agriculture, including Hunting and Forestry, Wholesale and Retail trade, and Manufacturing. Migrants from outside Ghana make up 7.9 per cent of migrants. The gap in the educational attainment between the country and the region is still very wide. The proportion currently married is higher in the region than in the country as a whole where only 49.9 per cent are currently married. In Ghana, the Gur group is subdivided into three major ethnic groups. Determination of the population in occupied households, in comparison with the total number of households, as well as the population per room can give an indication of the prevalence of homelessness and the extent of over-crowding in a locality. From the JSS level, many girls, in their puberty age, are given out in marriage, and some migrate to the south, as house helps or Kayayee, to earn a living. Less than two per cent are reported as being in such a union. Even the lowest proportion of households with no toilet facilities is 73.3 per cent (in Bawku East), followed closely by Bolgatanga, the regional capital district, with 75.1 percent. For the Wolesi Jirga, the constitution mandates that at least two women shall be elected from each province (for a total of 68). The proportion of males who have attended school in the region who reached primary school level is 18.0 percent, compared to 14.3 per cent for females. The region has a large and youthful labour force, which, if properly managed, can become a great economic asset. Three districts have fairly low dependency ratios while the other three have extremely high ratios. The proportion of males (93.3%) and that of females (92.2%) never married is about the same. The survival rate of the children ever born varies from 70.0 per cent in the Bongo, to 80.8 per cent in the Bawku East, District. As already indicated, small -scale industries constitute the most important industries in the region. mud, mud bricks/earth, and cement/concrete) account for 95.8 per cent of materials for the floor of dwelling units as well. Senior secondary schools are the least available, in terms of numbers. There is also effective traditional leadership and vibrant Youth Development Associations to facilitate efficient and effective mobilization of local resources. Don Festival of the people of the Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana. President J. Children of the heads of households constitute the highest proportion of household members in each district. Furthermore, their coexistence has resulted in the development of new cultures and traditions. Disinfection of the Water Supply Systems has however reduced the bacteriological contamination. Spouses constitute 12.2 per cent of household members, slightly less than the proportion of heads of household. Home; News. The rural population in 1984 was 87.1 percent. There are programmes to improve agriculture and food production (extension services, introduction of new varieties of crops). One should, therefore expect more girls than boys in schools. The private formal sector employs about a fifth (21.2%) of economically active population in the region. The regions population of 920,089 is not evenly distributed among the six districts. With a population of 920,089, this results in an average household size of 6.4 persons and an average of 1.6 households per house. Bawku West, with the highest age dependency ratio of 116.1 has 46.4 per cent of its population aged below 15 years and only 7.2 per cent aged 65 years and over. Linguists classify Ghanaian tribes as belonging to one of two major ethnic groups in Ghana: the Kwa and Gur groups, which are members of the Niger-Congo linguistic family. Interventions should also be in phases or stages. The region falls low in most of the indicators that measure socio-economic development, such as level of education, literacy and accessibility to social services. At the district level, the localities with telephone facilities within 10 kilometres range between 4.2 per cent in Builsa and 57 per cent in Bongo. 3. The Public health care programmes include the expansion and improvement of health, water and sanitation, surveillance, prevention and control of malaria, yaws, oncho, guinea worm, diarrhoea diseases, acute respiratory infections, and mental health. The age structure of the region differs slightly from the national picture in terms of the broad age groups 0-14 years, 15-64 years, and 65 years and older. As of 2021, Western North was the region in Ghana with the highest male population share, reaching 51.3 percent. There are 26 health centres and 36 clinics. At the national level the proportion of urban population rose from 32.0 percent in 1984, 43.8 percent in 2000 and 50.9 percent in 2010. For 21.8 per cent of localities in the region, students would have to travel 6 kilometres or more in order to attend the nearest JSS. Only 15.7 per cent of the population live in urban areas. Grusi of Upper East Region. Small-scale gold mining activities galamsey also draw migrants into the district. But in a region where, traditionally, males are almost always the heads of household, this could be a welcome change. The observed age-sex structure of the region follows very closely the pattern found at the national level where there are more females than males in almost every age group from ages twenty up to seventy-four. It is frequently seen at festivals, funerals, and weddings. The Upper East is the only region in which adherents of traditional religion are close to one-half of the population. 70% of Labour force are engaged in Agriculture with the technology being manual (hoe and cutlass). The Upper West Region - Wa. Bonsi-Bongo The aquifer is characteristically phreatic or semi-confined depending on the mica and clay contents with high static water levels (1.5m 4.0m below ground level). This is due to the simple technology involved, the availability of local inputs and linkages between them and other economic activities. Already, these constitute a large proportion of non-traditional exports. There were 340,580 more Tibetans in 2000 than in 1990 (Jiang, 2006). Notwithstanding the long periods of co-existence among the heterogeneous ethnic groups the melting pot effect has not emerged as attachment to primordial identity lines still prevail. Naturalized Ghanaians constitute 5.3 per cent and the rest are non-Ghanaians. Although the differences between the region and the total country for various educational levels, the differences are very large. The 16 regional capitals; Oti Region - Dambai Bono East Region - Techiman These themes included were: inadequate infrastructure (lack of bed and . Firewood is the most used cooking fuel in the region (66.5%). The remaining 37 per cent is made up of over thirty other ethnic groups, including the Bimoba and the Mamprusi. This is a major contribution to water losses. The Upper East regional capital is Bolgatanga, sometimes referred to as Bolga. There is evidence of high child loss in the districts. The private informal sector, especially agriculture and small-scale industries, is the largest source of employment in the region. The fractured zone aquifer is the deepest of the three aquifers. About two-fifths (43.2%) of households occupying one sleeping rooms are over-crowded and 18.4 per cent of all households with two sleeping rooms are over-crowded. This is most manifested between the . The Ministry of Educations policy is to site a JSS within a 5-kilometre radius. Among all households with two sleeping rooms, about a fifth (21.6%) is overcrowded. The 1997 Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire (CWIQ) survey reports that while primary and junior secondary school enrolment rates (in Upper East) are consistent with the national averages, accessibility remains a problem (Statistical Services, Accra Ghana, and February 2001). The major ethnic groups are the Dagaba, Sisaala and Wala. Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) supplies pipe-born water to Bolgatanga, Chuchuliga, Zebilla, Bawku, Sandema, Navrongo, Bongo and Paga. Pusiga was carved from Bawku community through an Executive Instrument (E.I) by President H.E. The population aged 15-64 years is about one half of the total population in each district. This varies from 1.3 per cent in Bongo to 43.6 per cent in Bawku East. The administrative capital is Tongo, and it is blessed with gold, tomato, rice, shea butter, millet, African Locust Bean (Dawadawa/Sumbala), and honey, among other precious things. In the districts, spouses who are separated range from one per cent in Bawku East to 3.4 per cent in Bongo. Higher education, especially of women, is usually associated with greater knowledge and use of sound health practices and family planning methods. A higher proportion (9.4%) of males attain higher levels of schooling than females (5.3%). The major ethnic groups in the region fall under the broad generic categories of the Mole Dagbon (75.7%) and Grusi (18.4%). A little over a half (52.6%) of households using five or more sleeping rooms have seven or more members. It is worth noting though that only 4.5 per cent have the facility in the locality itself. If fertility remained unchanged for the earlier 30 years or more, completed family size would be equal to total fertility rate. The JSS/SSS ratio is even less than a tenth (297 communities with JSS compared with 27 communities with SSS). Attempts should be made to intensify agro-forestry, including cultivation of drought-resistant trees and fuel wood such as acacia, neem and shea-nut trees. About one in four of the births (22.8%) occurs to mothers aged 15-24 years compared to 17.1 per cent to mothers aged 40-49 years. The regional picture, however, changes depending on the base district of the ethnic groups. Under this administration system, the region is divided into 15 MMDA's (made up of 0 Metropolitan, 4 Municipal and 11 Ordinary Assemblies). There is no district in which the proportion of localities with a JSS is above thirty per cent. Nationwide, 43.7 per cent of households use electricity as the main source of lighting while the kerosene lamp remains the major source of lighting for 54.9 per cent of households. The size of the private informal sector, made up largely of self-employed persons without employees most of whom are normally not even registered, affects the tax revenue base of the region since direct tax deduction becomes a problem. About 62 per cent of the population in the region are currently married, consisting of 58.5 per cent male and 64.5 per cent females. For females, the level is below 80 per cent in Kassena-Nankana (78.6%), Bolgatanga (76.3%) and Bongo (74.9%). The traditional medical system can be grouped into four main types of specialities. The substantial lack of formal sector office-based bureaucratic activities in the region and in the districts is reflected in the fact that the proportion administrative/ managerial and clerical related workers in the region make up only 1.7 per cent of the active population. Age structure of the economically active population (aged 15 years and older). This is due to the existence of many irrigation sites in the region. Education (2.8% for males) and hotels and restaurants (1.8 % for females) deserve mention as the fourth major activities in the region. The proportion of households with access to potable water, is higher in Bolgatanga (61%) compared to the other districts. Much of literature and mass communication is in English. Three-fifths (60.3%) of the children are agricultural and related workers. These three have densities higher than the regional figure of 104 people per sq km. Solid waste collected from households by qualified garbage collection agencies are perhaps the best way of ensuring that environmental hazards are minimized, because the waste can be properly and scientifically treated. The same pattern is observed in each district. Facilities in another house (different house) refer to the situation where the household members use the toilet facility (any type) of another living quarters. For the elderly population (70 years and older), the pattern of more males than females is repeated. Kassena-Nankana has the highest proportion (29.6%) of localities with a JSS, followed by Bolgatanga (27%), while Bawku West (5.9%) has the least proportion of localities with a JSS. The old age category ranges from 13.4 per cent in Bolgatanga to 21.4 per cent in Bawku West. Production and transport equipment workers constitute a substantial second in all districts except Bawku East, where sales workers are the second major occupation. Ashanti means "because of war." Because of the gold and the presence of Lake Volta, the Ashanti people built an empire in 1670. The Upper East Region is divided into 15 districts, each headed by a district chief executive. Several policy issues are involved. For about one in four localities within the region (25.6%) the nearest post office is less than ten kilometres away. All other methods of disposal are put into the category Other. There are six major ethnic groups in Ghana's population. ENABLE Youth 1D1F and Bongo (shea) are two of the factories located in the community. The proportion of females reported as separated is slightly higher than that of males in each district, except Bongo. The proportion of the not economically active that is students ranges from 13.0 per cent in Bawku West to 22.5 per cent in Bolgatanga. Dipo festival - The Dipo festival is the greatest legacy of Krobo land. There are other health improvement programmes for the physically challenged and other vulnerable groups. It shares boundaries with Nabdam district to the East, Bongo community to the North, Kassena Nankana East district to the West, and Talensi community to the South. There are more than 8 languages and major dialects, including Gurune (frafra), Nankani, kassem, Taleni, Nadam, Kusal, Buili and Bisah. These crafts, varied as they are, include, pottery, basketry and smock weaving which is done at areas like Namoo, Zokko, Navrongo and Paga. When educational attainment is restricted to the population aged 6 years and over, the proportion in the region which has never attended school is 71.8 percent. Agriculture, on the other hand, is the occupation of about two in three for the region, compared with one in two for the country. The three northern regions have similar traditional, social and religious practices including ancestor worship and the almost total acceptance of the authority of the clan head. Lately, small-scale gold mining, popularly known as galamsey (gather and sell) or alakpiri has become rampant in the area of Tongo, Sheaga, Duusi, Pelengu and other small villages. However, the two adjacent districts in the Northern region, which are located to the South of Bawku East and Bawku West, are mostly Mamprusi. The proportion of households with six persons or more varies from 36.9 per cent in the Builsa, to 68.2 per cent in the Bawku East, District. Birthplace. Just like the Kwa, the Gur also have further subdivisions. In view of the fact that current publications effectively exclude the proportion literate in Ghanaian language only, greater efforts need to be made to translate very useful reading communication materials as well as publish newspapers in Ghanaian languages. The Fanti people of Ghana perform Apatampa, a Ghanaian dance. Comparison of demographic indicators at the national and regional levels. The German minority population in Russia, Ukraine, and the Soviet Union stemmed from several sources and arrived in several waves. The highest concentration is in the Bawku East district where they comprise 3.7 per cent of the population. The bedrock-weathered zone interface (quartz-veined aquifers) aquifer, which is the third major, is found in bedrocks. The fact that children at these ages are already gainfully employed is a reflection of the extent of child labour in the region. The Birimian rock formation is the second largest and covers about 25% of the region. All the fertility indicators observed for the region differ only slightly for each district except Bongo, where all the indicators are about twice that of the regional. On the other hand, female inhabitants were most populous in the Volta . Upper East Region - Bolgatanga The Capital of the Upper East Region is Bolgatanga. In most cases, accessibility is determined more by the individual students and/or parental preferences and/or affordability, than by the proximity of the institution. Almost one half (46.4%) of the population are Traditionalists, followed by Christians (28.3%) and Moslems (22.6%). Completed family size however is not an indicator of current fertility because the births to these women occurred in the past at varying times in a period extending about 25 years. The proportion of males (72.6%) engaged in this activity is higher than that of females (62.1%) and this is true for all districts. The regional picture is replicated in the districts. In the country as a whole, 79.3 per cent of temporary heads are females while 68.7 per cent of usual heads are males. Upper East Region has a total population of 1,301,221 in the 2021 Population and Housing Census. In most cases, accessibility is determined more by competition as well as individual students and/or parental choice than by the proximity of the institutions. Overcrowding carries with it health risks and social implications, and District Assemblies should do everything possible to maintain a housing policy that will maintain the current adequate sleeping space and even improve upon it. Since post office facilities are almost entirely available only in the district capital, the variations between districts in distance to nearest facility are more a reflection of the districts size and the number and spread of localities within the district than any real differential access. Kassena-Nankana has several institutions of higher learning, a world-renowned Health Research Centre and a flourishing irrigation project (Tono) that attract migrants with the requisite technical expertise. The proportion widowed is much higher for females (13%) compared to males (3%), a threefold increase. In each district, females form a little over one-half of the population. Agriculture, hunting and forestry are the main economic activities in the region. Cultural and social structures Characteristically, the pyroclastic and basic volcanics in this region have been altered and metamorphosed into hornblende schists and amphibolotes and the folds in these rock formations dips in the direction of 300 900 in the NE NW directions. The rainfall is erratic spatially and in duration. The region also has a great potential in the area of cash crop production and fish farming. St. John Bosco's College of Education In relation to industry, there are more children in the private household industry than is recorded for the adult population. The mean annual rainfall during this period is between 800 mm and 1.100 mm. In Ghana, the Mamprusis live mainly in Nalerigu and Gambaga in the northwest of the Northern Region but also inhabit parts of the Upper East Region. For the country, 61.8 per cent of households occupy only one or two rooms, compared to 24.4 per cent in the region. It should be pointed out that the problem of improper solid waste disposal is a national concern, and not specific to the region. Significantly, charcoal use in the region is relatively low, from 2 per cent in Bongo to 20.3 per cent in Bolgatanga. The regional pattern is repeated in each district. There are only seven urban centres in the region. The Ewes are from the Volta region. The Agbadza derives from an ancient conflict known as the Atrikpui and is usually performed during the Hogbestsotso festival. The proportion of the private formal sector in the region, however, is only one half of the national. The proportion engaged in wholesale and retail trade, the third major industrial activity in the region and in 3 of the districts, is lowest in Bawku West (4.9%) and higher in Bawku East (11.6%), followed by Bolgatanga (10.8%). This number includes persons who were in prison/hospital or in transit on Census night or persons on the street. Until 1984, Burkina Faso, meaning "Land of Incorruptible People" was known as . Check your inbox to be the first to know the hottest news. Many of the dates are not set by the chieftancy until very close to the festival date, so it is best to try to confirm the exact date of any festival you are planning to attend. Primary school is the highest level attained by 52.4 per cent in the region. The data show that, in all the districts, about two out of every five persons are children who, even granted the phenomenon of working children, are dependent on others for their needs. Where can Ghanaians travel without needing a visa? These rocks include quartzites-sandstones, sandstones and pebbly grits. Virtually, no industries, There is high incidence of youth migration to the South in the dry season. The Dagbanli and Mampelle languages of Northern Region for instance, are mutually intelligible with the Frafra and Waali languages of the Upper East Region of Ghana. With the dependency ratio of 99.2 (43.4% or the population under 15 and 6.4% aged 65 and older), it means that 100 economically active persons have responsibility for 99 dependants. Drinking water is considered safe or potable if it is obtained from pipe-borne supply in or outside the house or is supplied by tanker or is from manual or mechanized boreholes. Less than one per cent (0.9%) of the 1,390 localities within the region have a post office within the locality. The age structure of the population in the districts is skewed towards the youth. The major languages of the region are Gurene (Frafra), Kasina, Nankani, Buile, Kusal, Mampruli and Bisa. Readand find out facts that you probably didn't know here. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The regions population density of 104.1 persons per square kilometre is higher than the national density of 79.3 persons per square kilometre and ranks fifth in the country. A high proportion of the population in the districts aged 15 years or older had married. Unlike in agriculture, the proportion of females engaged in manufacturing is higher than that of males at the regional and district levels (often about twice). Of the 14 clinics/health centres in Bawku East, 4 are mission facilities while the rest are government-owned. The dam is also used for irrigation and fish farming. Data were collected using individual semistructured interviews and analysed through qualitative content analysis. Sex composition. Total fertility rates range from 3.4 births per woman in the Builsa, to 7.5 births in the Bongo, District. When the population who have ever attended school is isolated, the levels attained are not significantly different between males and females. The region show that only 21.2 per cent of the population (15 years and older) are literate in either English only (12.9%), both English and Ghanaian language (6.6%) or Ghanaian language only (1.7%). Investors could therefore take advantage of this. All the districts in Upper East have room occupancy below the threshold value. In the absence of detailed characteristics of room occupants, the total number of sleeping rooms is used in this report to analyse over-crowding. The unemployed constitute 20.1 percent, which is almost twice the national figure of 10.4 percent. The analysis shows that 77.8 per cent of households in the region are headed by males. This is why for example in Bongo, the smallest district, no household is more than 20 kilometres from a facility, while for Builsa and Bawku East, the two largest districts in terms of area, 51.9 per cent (Bawku East) and 41.1 per cent (Builsa) of localities are over 20 kilometres away from a facility. Other major towns in the region include Navrongo, Paga, Bawku and Zebilla. how are the united states and spain similar. This situation is most likely due to the combined effects of the late introduction of Western education, the influence of Islamic religion, general poverty and other cultural practices. The composition of households shows that the proportion of heads of households varies from 11.4 per cent in the Bawku East, to 19.2 per cent in the Builsa, and that of spouses of heads of households, ranges from 8.9 per cent in the Bongo, to 13.3 per cent in the Bawku East, District. The Upper East Region - Bolgatanga. Electricity supply in the region is from the national grid and it serves about 60% of the towns and some portion of the rural communities. NorthernGhana comprises the three northernmost administrative regions of Ghana:the Upper West Region, Upper East Region and Northern Region.These lie roughly north of the Lower Black Volta River, which together with its tributaries the . The proportion of households occupying five or six rooms ranges from 13.7 per cent in Kassena-Nankana to 26.6 per cent in Bawku West. with their own designated roles. The pressure on the economically active population is greatest in Bawku West, Bawku East and Bongo. 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